[Zeneta]

John Fowles: “Mankind needs the existence of mysteries. Not their solution.”

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That quote, IMHO, is Profound.

I have long considered the implications on a society in which all that can be known was known.

It would be the End. Like driving a bus with all of mankind on board at 1000 mph for centuries and hitting a brick wall.

Everything thing stops. The future stops. Hope Stops. All that continues is the slow motion deconstruction of the billions of pieces of accumulated knowledge diffused into meaninglessness.

[TChad]

I think mankind needs both mysteries and their solutions. I just appreciate that Fowles emphasized the importance of mysteries.

I think you are correct. A world without mysteries would die.